Trump Promises to Safeguard ZTE Jobs in China

This picture taken on May 3, 2018 shows the ZTE logo on an office building in Shanghai.
Chinese telecom giant ZTE said its major operations had "ceased" following last month's US ban on American sales of critical technology to the company, raising the possibility of its collapse. / AFP PHOTO / Johannes EISELE

Trump promises to safeguard ZTE jobs in China as bot the countries that in China and USA are neck and neck with issues like trade and operation before a historic North Korea meeting next month, a peculiar impediment has emanated, ZTE, the second-tier Chinese electronics maker.

The company propounded last week it had ceased massive functioning commotion after being chastised by the United States Department of Commerce. But Sunday morning President Trump astonished many in Washington when he proclaimed that he would think again about the punishment. He also seemed to retreat from brinkmanship that has threatened the United States’ trade talks with China.

Mr. Trump tweeted that he was at service with the company with his Chinese equivalent Xi Jinping to halt the disintegration of the company, which employs 75,000 people. Mr. Trump wrote, “Too many jobs in China lost, and Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!”

The prelude seemed to be inappropriate for an administration that has been decisively jarring on what is indicated as unfair Chinese trade practices. Mr. Trump’s disquiet in his tweet about Chinese jobs which reverberated Beijing’s argument on the issue also operates opposite to his promise to restore American jobs lost to China.

Still by maxim the US would burn the midnight oil to bring ZTE back to life, Mr. Trump removed pressure off the American-Chinese relationship at a critical moment. Mr. Trump’s convention with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has been organized for next month and will be conditioned by China which has fabricated itself as a mediator with Mr. Kim.